Genna posts

B&W photographic print. 'Chantongia is a village of the Chongli group. These posts commemorate a man's third mithun sacrifice, thus completing the complete series of sacrifices and entitling him to display the status he has gained by means of the ornamentation of his house and the dress of himse...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/K/13 Open

Date(s) of creation: June 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004571
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.K.13
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/K/13
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/K/13
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/K/13
prefix_number 13
title Genna posts
scb_date_creation June 1923
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 photograph
author Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_facet Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
authorStr Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_letter Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
format Archive
description B&W photographic print. 'Chantongia is a village of the Chongli group. These posts commemorate a man's third mithun sacrifice, thus completing the complete series of sacrifices and entitling him to display the status he has gained by means of the ornamentation of his house and the dress of himself and his family. The posts are carved to represent hornbill tail feathers, symbols of wealth. The incised carving appears identical to the chest tattoo of the Chang head-hunter.'
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by J.P. Mills
language No linguistic content
language_search No linguistic content
scb_scripts_material Unwritten
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs 9.5 x 7 cm
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Naga (South Asian people)
Ethnic group: Naga
Ethnic group: Ao Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004571
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00K.0013

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